CVE-2007-5823 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in forum.php in Ben Ng Scribe 0.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the username parameter in a Register action.

Published: 2007-11-05

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 2.6% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:scribe:scribe:0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2007-5793	Directory traversal vulnerability in forum.php in Ben Ng Scribe 0.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the username parameter in a Register action.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02641.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://osvdb.org/39063
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3339
http://www.inj3ct-it.org/exploit/scribe.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483183/100/0/threaded
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4596

History

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Subscriptions

Scribe Scribe

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-11-05T19:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T15:47:00.177Z

Reserved: 2007-11-05T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2007-5823

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2007-11-05T19:46:00.000

Modified: 2026-06-16T22:46:53.717

Link: CVE-2007-5823

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-22
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

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